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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-17-6. Record joint owner.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-17-6. Record joint owner.

A record joint owner of an interest in real estate may use the provisions of this chapter to title the interest in a transfer-on-death form; provided, however, that title to the interest shall vest in the designated grantee beneficiary or beneficiaries only if the record joint owner is the last to die of all of the record joint owners of the interest. A deed in a transfer-on-death form shall not sever a joint tenancy.

## History

Code 1981, § 44-17-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 446, § 3/SB 420, effective July 1, 2024.

## Law Reviews

For article on the 2024 enactment of this Code section, see 41 Ga. L. Rev. 229 (2024).